Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
(
)
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Crocodylomorpha
(
)
- Hay, 1930 (Walker, 1968)
- Infraclass:
Archosauromorpha
(
)
- Order:
Crocodylia
(
)
- Gmelin, 1789
- Suborder:
Eusuchia
(
)
- Family:
Crocodylidae
(
)
- Genus:
Caiman
(
)
- Specific name:
australis
- Scientific name: - Caiman australis
- Specific name:
australis
- Genus:
Caiman
(
- Family:
Crocodylidae
(
- Suborder:
Eusuchia
(
- Order:
Crocodylia
(
- Infraclass:
Archosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Crocodylomorpha
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Caiman
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. australis · C. brevirostris · C. cocodrilus · C. crocodilurus · C. crocodilus (Spectacled Caiman) · C. crocodilus apaporiensis (Apaporis River Caiman) · C. crocodilus chiapasius (Common Caiman) · C. crocodilus crocodilus (Common Caiman) · C. crocodilus fuscatus · C. crocodilus fuscus · C. crocodilus paraguayensis · C. crocodylus · C. fissipes · C. fuscus · C. jacare · C. latirostris (Broad-Snouted Caiman) · C. latirostris chacoensis · C. latirostris latirostris · C. lutescens · C. neivensis · C. niger · C. yacare · C. sclerops apaporiensis · C. yacare (Southern Spectacled Caiman) · C. yacare medemi · C. yacare yacare
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 13, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 13, 2007:
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16354529
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2331576
Curator for this page: Marco de Andrade. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
